{"product_id":"eyes-of-the-university-9780804742962","title":"Eyes of the University","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompleting the translation of Derrida''s monumental work \u003ci\u003eRight to Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e (the first part of which has already appeared under the title of \u003ci\u003eWho''s Afraid of Philosophy?\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eEyes of the University\u003c\/i\u003e brings together many of the philosopher''s most important texts on the university and, more broadly, on the languages and institutions of philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to considerations of the implications for literature and philosophy of French becoming a state language, of Descartes'' writing of the \u003ci\u003eDiscourse on Method\u003c\/i\u003e in French, and of Kant''s and Schelling''s philosophies of the university, the volume reflects on the current state of research and teaching in philosophy and on the question of what Derrida calls a university responsibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExamining the political and institutional conditions of philosophy, the essays collected here question the growing tendency to orient research and teaching towards a programmable and profitable end. The volume is there\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From each of these punctual documents, supplemented by numerous helpful translator's notes, emerges the clear profile of Derrida's principled and relentless commitment to the teaching of philosophy as a right in any democracy worthy of the name.\"—\u003ci\u003eThe Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Some books recommend themselves by what is written therein; others are to be recommended for what they may inspire their readers to think, say, and do. Few books fall into both categories; the collection of pieces that is \u003ci\u003eEyes of the University\u003c\/i\u003e does. But here, near the end, I have chosen my words carefully: \"what they \u003ci\u003emay \u003c\/i\u003einspire.\" The rest is up to us.\"—\u003ci\u003ePhilosophy and Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038191911255,"sku":"9780804742962","price":84.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804742962.jpg?v=1750939425","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eyes-of-the-university-9780804742962","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}